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India Space Budget Gets A Major BoostNew Delhi (PTI) Mar 01, 2010 New Delhi (PTI) Mar 01, 2010 India's human space flight programme got a major boost as the General Budget on Friday proposed a significant allocation to it and also sought increase in funds for setting up an indigenous global positioning system. The Budget, presented by Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee in the Lok Sabha, has allocated Rs 150 crore for the human spaceflight programme under which the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) plans to develop a space vehicle to put a two-member crew ... read more |
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Sydney, Australia (SPX) Feb 18, 2010NASA's recent installation of a cupola on the International Space Station has caught the eyes of the world. It's appropriate, considering that the cupola itself is an eye on the world. The cupola is a small blister on the side of the recently installed Tranquility module, which gives panoramic views of the space station, the Earth below, and space itself. This will allow astronauts to insp ... more  
Washington (AFP) Feb 17, 2010Two US astronauts from the space shuttle Endeavour prepared to unveil a room with an out-of-this-world view in the third spacewalk of their mission to attach a new room to the International Space Station. At 9:30 pm Tuesday (0215 GMT Wednesday), US astronaut Bob Behnken and his British colleague Nicholas Patrick began the final walk of their mission, which will see them complete installation ... more 
Houston TX (SPX) Feb 17, 2010The crew of space shuttle Endeavour awoke at 4:15 p.m. EST to the song "Window on the World" by Jimmy Buffett, played for Mission Specialist Kathryn Hire. The mission's third and final spacewalk is today. Spacewalkers Robert Behnken and Nicholas Patrick will complete the work on the Tranquility node and the cupola's exterior, including removing covers and launch locks. Inside, Expedition 2 ... more |
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China's economic rise has silver lining for JapanTokyo (AFP) Feb 16, 2010 China is on the verge of unseating Japan as the world's number two economy, but student Shi Minfei is one reason why Beijing's rapid growth is not all bad news for its deflation-hit neighbour. With Japan's consumers keeping a tight hold on their purse strings, leaving the country as reliant as ever on exports, Chinese tourists like Shi are a rare example of good news for the country's long-suffering retailers. The 20-year-old engineering student from Shanghai said she had splurged about 300,000 ... read more |
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